Job summary
We are searching for exceptional, talented individuals who are keen to share their ideas, skills and experience to benefit our patients. You will play an important leadership role by proactively driving forward high quality, efficient and caring services for our patients. We pride ourselves on being inclusive and creating a sense of belonging for our staff under strong values and behaviours.
Main duties of the job
Unit Manager
Reporting to the Unit Director you will support the Clinical Service Unit in the operational management of all services. This involves supporting the delivery of all operational performance targets, including access targets, delivery of financial balance, trading gap plans, and the quality of services to patients and improving services towards best practice standards within available income.
The post holder works closely with the Clinical Service Unit (CSU) Senior Leadership Team to support the efficient and effective management of all resources in order to deliver improved performance. Promote quality improvement and lead on specific projects, programmes and business developments whilst supporting the CSU Senior Leadership Team to meet strategic and operational objectives, in partnership with other clinical and academic colleagues. The post holder will be required to participate in the on-call rota for the hospital.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Unit Manager will support the Unit Director and Clinical Director with operational management of all services. This involves supporting the delivery of all operational performance targets, including access targets, delivery of financial balance, trading gap plans, and the quality of services to patients and improving services towards best practice standards within available income.
The post holder works closely with the Clinical Service Unit (CSU) Senior Leadership Team to support the efficient and effective management of all resources in order to deliver improved performance. Promote quality improvement and lead on specific projects, programmes and business developments, support the Clinical Service Unit (CSU) Senior Leadership Team to meet strategic and operational objectives, in partnership with other clinical and academic colleagues.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Unit Manager will support the Unit Director and Clinical Director with operational management of all services. This involves supporting the delivery of all operational performance targets, including access targets, delivery of financial balance, trading gap plans, and the quality of services to patients and improving services towards best practice standards within available income.
The post holder works closely with the Clinical Service Unit (CSU) Senior Leadership Team to support the efficient and effective management of all resources in order to deliver improved performance. Promote quality improvement and lead on specific projects, programmes and business developments, support the Clinical Service Unit (CSU) Senior Leadership Team to meet strategic and operational objectives, in partnership with other clinical and academic colleagues.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate or clinical qualification relating to speciality.
- Managerial qualification equivalent to post graduate diploma.
- Masters Degree or equivalent experience.
Desirable
Training & Experience
Essential
- Experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing healthcare services.
- Management of resources with a good track record with change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans.
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services.
- Experience of project management and imaginative planning.
- Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance
- Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change.
- Experienced in complaints management.
- Experience in clinical audit/benchmarking.
Desirable
- Experience in workforce planning.
- Experience in setting establishments and using workforce toolkits including dependency tools.
- Experience in R&D.
- Experience of modernising services without additional resources.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of specific area acquired through a degree or equivalent experience or training.
- Highly specialist knowledge of managing within a NHS healthcare setting.
- Highly detailed knowledge and experience of managing capacity, demand and activity.
- Knowledge of managing staff within a healthcare setting and experience of managing a Directorate.
- Knowledge and experience of project/programme management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate or clinical qualification relating to speciality.
- Managerial qualification equivalent to post graduate diploma.
- Masters Degree or equivalent experience.
Desirable
Training & Experience
Essential
- Experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing healthcare services.
- Management of resources with a good track record with change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans.
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services.
- Experience of project management and imaginative planning.
- Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance
- Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change.
- Experienced in complaints management.
- Experience in clinical audit/benchmarking.
Desirable
- Experience in workforce planning.
- Experience in setting establishments and using workforce toolkits including dependency tools.
- Experience in R&D.
- Experience of modernising services without additional resources.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of specific area acquired through a degree or equivalent experience or training.
- Highly specialist knowledge of managing within a NHS healthcare setting.
- Highly detailed knowledge and experience of managing capacity, demand and activity.
- Knowledge of managing staff within a healthcare setting and experience of managing a Directorate.
- Knowledge and experience of project/programme management.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
